Vevo, the world’s leading all-premium music video and entertainment platform, today announced that the most viewed video of 2015 is Mark Ronson’s smash hit ‘Uptown Funk’, featuring Bruno Mars.
Maroon 5 topped 2015 debuts with the video for their hit song ‘Sugar’. Other strong performers in 2015 included Taylor Swift with three videos in the Top 10, the first female artist ever to achieve this. Adele also entered the list in November with the record-breaking release of “Hello,” breaking the 24-hour view record and becoming the fastest to reach Certified status with 100 million views.
Top 10 Most Viewed Videos of 2015
Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk
1,135,011,558
Taylor Swift – Blank Space
1,055,708,218
Maroon 5 – Sugar (2015 debut)
908,567,807
Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do (2015 debut)
842,425,620
Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
762,904,682
Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass
692,419,231
Taylor Swift – Bad Blood (2015 debut)
656,351,040
Adele – Hello (2015 debut)
593,957,168
Sia – Chandelier
593,251,569
Enrique Iglesias – Bailando (Español)
533,037,712
2015 has seen releases from some of the world biggest performers, but has also been an incredible year for emerging artists. The Weeknd was a huge breakthrough artist on Vevo in 2015, going from the 246th to the 16th most viewed artist, obtaining 1,244,954,360 views, and topping the R&B global video chart with ‘The Hills’.
